Sramana Mitra: So now, let’s switch a little bit to surgery. Now comes the domain of robotic surgery, which is again, a very, very important and very promising area of AI application. It could really change human’s level of access to healthcare in a very big way. However, from a startup point of view, building
Sramana Mitra: Some of you here would remember, Gus would definitely remember that many years ago, I came up with a formula for the future of the web. It was called Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS).
Sramana Mitra: So, Gus, could you also discuss Joanna Strober’s company that you have invested in and have been tracking for a while? I think it’s a good case study to discuss in this context. Gus Tai: Absolutely. The company is called Midi Health, and I was a seed investor with Midi. That company is
Sramana Mitra: Yes. On the process side, we’ve had a company become quite successful in the program. It is bootstrapped. We looked at raising money, but eventually, it was going fine as a bootstrapped company. I think it continues to bootstrap. It’s called CliniOps.
Sramana Mitra: Now, let’s shift to medical imaging, which is another area where AI is having lots of impact. There are lots of companies working in this field, and lots of entrepreneurial efforts going on in this field. The question that I’m of thinking about is that, are these going to be unicorn style opportunities?
Sramana Mitra: Google’s AlphaFold is a good example of a model. A lot of scientists have been given access to it at an affordable price point. The impact it is having on scientific discovery and research is humongous. Somewhere in this continuum, I see that there’s a missing area where there is no Platform as
Gus Tai, Investor, Board Member and Retired General Partner at Trinity Ventures, discusses AI in Healthcare startups. Fascinating, comprehensive discussion with concrete pointers.
Sramana Mitra: We just discussed very thoroughly the K through 12, but in higher education, where we are dealing with much more complex topics and material, having the framework of a college or a university framework of teachers and professors, having a grading system or a degree system etc. and being part of that construct